Memorial album.



. t1ons, and minor detaIls of construction may UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

WILLIAM vr. ALsREoHT AND sANDFInLD A.' GHENT. or oHIoAGo,v ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application ned February 2e, 1000. serial No; 303,080.

To obZkZkwfz/om it may' concern.-

. Be a known that We, WILLIAM Ii 'AL- Bnnon'r and SANDFIELD A. GHENT, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Memorial Album, of which the following is a specification.`

- This invention relates to memorial albums, and has for its' obj ect to provide a comparatively simple and inexpensive device of the class described especially designed for use as an 'advertising rmedium by undertakers,

funeral. directors, and similar persons, and adapted to be used as a memorial for preserving various data descriptive of deceased persons.

A further object of the invention is to pror vide an album having its cover formed with a ypocket for the reception of a photograph and its leaves ruled and printed in such a mannerA as to facilitate thev recordation of any particular fact or facts relative to the person whose photographis contained l.within the pocket.`

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being under# stood that various changes in form, proporbe resorted to within the scope of the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the album, showing thel same open. Fig. 2 is a similarview displaying the intermediate leaves. Fig'. 3 is afront elevation of the rear leaf of the book. Fig. 4 is a front ele'vation'of the album closed.

- Similar numerals of reference indicate correspondingparts in all of the figures of the drawings. l

The improved device is principally designed as a memorial for preserving an accurate record of' various data relative to deceased persons and in its preferred embodi- The corners ofthe cover at one end thereof 'are provided with diagonal slits 7, forming marginal flaps 8, the ends of which are cut on curved lines, as indicated at 9, and folded downwardly upon the adjacent portion of the cover to produce a pocket having an elliptical-shaped opening 10 formed therein for displaying a photograph 12. The mouth 13 of the pocket is preferably disposed parallel withthe adjacent longitudinal edges of the leaves 6, sofas to facilitate the introduction vand removal of the photograph 12 and also to prevent accidental displacement of said photograph.

-N The several leaves are preferably ruled, as shown, and stam ed or otherwise printed on the front leaf of e album is descriptive matter to facilitate the recordation of the name of the deceased person, his birthplace, the place and datev of his death, and the age of said person.' On the opposite side of the front page may be recorded the name of the church in which the services were conducted, the place ofinterment, and the names of the several masonic or social orders that took part in the funeral ceremonies. The adjacent leaf of the album is designedto receive the names of the several pall-bearers-who officiated at the obsequies, and printed on the the undertaker by whom the memorial album is presented. Upon the opposite side of the leaf are a plurality of spaced lines upon which .may be written the names of persons tenderingy floral offerings, together with a short description of the nature of the'floral pieces.

convenient means for recording various facts relative to a deceased person, and being eX- tremely simple in construction may be manufactured at a small cost and presented as an advertising medium to the relatives of the deceased.

' Having thus described the invention, what is claimed isy memorial album consisting of a cover having its corners atone end thereof provided with diagonal slits forming marginal flaps the ends of which are cut on a curved line andadapted to be vfolded downwardly lower portion of said leaf may be the name of It will thus be seen that the album forms a' IOO on the adjacent portionof the cover to proas our oWn We have hereto aHiXed our signaduee a ocket having a display-opening tures in the presence of tWo Witnesses. formed t erein for the reception of a photo- WILLIAM F. ALBRECHT. graph, and a plurality of leaves secured to SANDFIELD A. GHENT. 5 the cover and adapted to receive descriptive l Witnesses: matter relating to the photograph. HARRY A. GOLDMAN,

In testimony that We claim the foregoing 1 C. GHENT. 

